| resist temptation | 26.60 | That temptation should be resisted. | ||
| resist pressure | 23.83 | He resisted pressure to resign. | ||
| resist arrest | 18.50 | Police said he had resisted arrest. | ||
| resist effort | 15.93 | Kessel said he would resist those efforts. | ||
| resist call | 15.01 | But thousands resisted the call. | ||
| resist attempt | 11.65 | Banks may resist the attempts at rationing. | ||
| resist change | 9.48 | Bush resisted the changes. | ||
| resist urge | 8.76 | Either way, resist the urge. | ||
| resist idea | 7.64 | Many resist the idea. | ||
| resist demand | 6.65 | U.N. officials have resisted the demand. | ||
| resist move | 5.13 | But the party resisted the move. | ||
| resist suggestion | 2.63 | McCain resisted suggestions that he launch a broadside at Bush. | ||
| resist proposal | 2.44 | Reagan had long resisted the proposal. | ||
| resist impulse | 2.30 | Resist the impulse to stir. | ||
| resist plan | 2.30 | Congress resisted the plan. | ||
| resist notion | 2.04 | Microsoft, of course, resists the notion of the post-PC era. | ||
| resist occupation | 2.04 | Nobody in the world can deny the Lebanese the right to resist occupation. | ||
| resist lure | 1.97 | Mickey never could resist the lure of a racetrack. | ||
| resist request | 1.78 | The defense strongly resisted the request. | ||
| resist order | 1.71 | Followers of the monk resisted his order. |